From early spring to late fall its bug and insect time. The garden is a good place to hunt for these, although many are quite visible as they roam from one flower to another. When there are large numbers of them together on a clump of flowers, it is easier to get close. If they are really into pollen collecting and other busy activities. they do stay long enough to capture some images. I find in these situations that it is easy to get close to them.
However, out in the field, when you are trying to capture that award-winning image of a flower, it is constantly moving with the slightest of breezes. One solution that I find works well and use on each bug outing, is to hold the flower with one hand. You can also pull it over slowly, perhaps getting a bit more sun or away from a shadow. Now you have only your other hand to hold the camera and press the shutter button, which is why I always use the viewfinder, with the camera up against my face as a support so to speak. This photograph of a hover fly shows this method and the resulting image. |
